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Figure 6.17: The hymn is originally in E at. The melody that goes up to an F is too high for most
untrained vocalists (male and female).
Figure 6.18: The same hymn in C is more easily singable by a congregation.
Example 6.2
An alto vocalist would like to perform a blues standard originally sung by a soprano or tenor in
B at. She needs the song to be at least a whole step (Section 4.2) lower. Lowering it by a whole
step would put it in the key of A at. The guitar, bass, and harmonica players don't like to play
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